l bought lilgun during the ''great powder famine'' of 2009-14..

0nly magnum powder around at the time, used what l could find for

IHMSA sillywetts with a S&W Model 27-2 8 3/8'' barrel.. l was loading

170/180 gr Speer/Sierra boolits with Hodgden data.. During a match

l did notice that ole Smith getting a bit WARM... Even with short

'2 minute-5 shot strings'.... Anyway, after bouncing back and forth

between that 27 and an old Model 29 l bought a 629 Magnum Hunter.

l pretty much retired the 27 and ended up selling it on GB..

Started shooting a 686 Competitor recently. While looking thru my 357 ammo

l notice l still have quite a few 357/lilgun loads.. l haven't tried any in

my Competitor. l am certianly NOT going to let those silh loads go to waste.

That Competitor barrel is quite a chunk of steel.. Esp when compared

to a 27 pencil barrel.. Compititor barrel looks like a great ''heat sink''..

We will see, maybe as soon as this Sat in Lincolnton ;-)